F-221 Hessen

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 124, [FF].

Builder: Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany.

Launch date: 26 July 2003.

Commission date: 15 December 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 5.690 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 143 x 17,44 x 5

Main machinery: CODAG: 1 x G.E. 7 LM-2500 PF/MLG gas turbine (31.500 hp), 2 x MTU 20V1163 TB93 diesels (10,050 hp).

Speed ( knots ): 29, 18 on diesels.

Range ( miles ): 4.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 242 ( 38 officers ) + 13 staff.

Guns: 1 x 76mm/62 OTOBreda SuperRapid, 2 x 27mm Rheinmetall-Mauser MLG 27.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RGM-84F Harpoon; SAM: 1 x Mk 41 Mod. 10 VLS syst. 32-cell (24 x Standard SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 x Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles), 2 x Mk 49 RAM (RIM-116A missiles).

Torpedoes: 2 x triple 324mm (MU-90 torpedoes).

Radar: Surface Search/Navigation: 2 x STN Atlas Elektronik 9600M ARPA; Surface Search: 1 x Thales Triton-G; Target designator/tracker: 1 x ET Marinesysteme APAR, 3-D, phased-array; Early Warning: 1 x Thales SMART-L.

Sonar: DSQS-24BZ, hull-mounted. Provision for an active towed array.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 6 x Mk 36 SRBOC, torpedo decoy; ESM: EADS FL-1800 Stage II ELOKA (intercept), EADS Maigret.

Helicopter: 2 x Super Lynx or NH-90.

Callsign: DRAC ()

Homeport: Wilhemshaven.

Unit: 1st Frigate Squadron.

Similar units:

 F219 Sachsen
 F220 Hamburg